As a veteran pastor, I hear it all the time: “What we need is a good pastor.” No, churches do not need good pastors. They need bad pastors. Unless the church accepts this fundamental premise, the collapse of American Christianity will continue. What do people mean...

Proven techniques to help you survive a church crisis. Every pastor knows ministry isn’t for wimps. If any occupation epitomizes the phrase “only the strong survive” it’s ministry. There’s no escaping the bulls-eye on your back. -Criticism, spoken in the back...

Be Prepared Ministry preparation demands reading a boatload of religious books. After entering ministry, the trend of reading only religious books continues. But I’ve discovered some of my most helpful reading is done in the field of secular leadership and...